Relative Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

and 2). While the sample of respondents who actually had dealings with the police was relatively small, the researchers did find that women in villages with female council heads were significantly happier with their law enforcement... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

it’s a balancing act? Yes, and it continues to this day. In the media industry, I think we’re seeing something like the Wal-Mart effect on small rural communities. Consumers love Wal-Mart’s low prices and its one-stop shopping. At the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

Mexican economy registered growth during this tumultuous period. "You'd think the economy would come to a crashing halt," Maurer says. "Except that when you look around the world, it turns out there are a number of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

though he likes the limelight on his terms, he's been enigmatic as a leader. Let's remind people Facebook has only been around, I think they launched in 2006 to the public. So it's still a relatively young... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Unleashed

nothing going right fast enough. The company’s iconic founder and CEO, Fred Smith, had done everything he could think of to save the organization, including gambling the only capital he had left in a desperate trip to Las Vegas... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

made from 1990 to 1995 picking up the pieces of the crash," says Fidelity's Sandwen. "Prices adjusted and real estate became more attractive. And we got back to relative equilibrium through the tech bust in 2001. After the bust,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2010
News

Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career

on his career at HBS and what he sees for the School’s future. Looking back over your forty-year career at HBS, what stands out? I guess what impresses me most is how the School continually adapts to the changing world of business, but at the same time, it remains true... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

(revised) Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman, and Hoan Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest in using small ad platforms. When participation costs are large... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

geographical and physical condition.” KevinJFichtner focused on implementation. “Anyone at any age can be inspired to accomplish something that is truly important to him or her I think it depends on how the goal is incentivized.” Ed Hare... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

the questioner's intent, not on the question. Consider the whole deal. Negotiate multiple issues simultaneously, not serially. Don't negotiate just for the sake of negotiating (a pitfall for recent MBA graduates). Think through the timing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

the ideas in High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage. Says Beer, "CEOs of HCHP companies think very differently about their employees. They see them as an asset and care about... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

in a relatively narrow trading band, say between $20 and $50. In a typical year, about 300 firms split their shares, and most splits are in ratios of 2-for-1 or 3-for-2. There are some famous examples of firms that have decided not to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

think he respected me for it.” Fate factor: “Working for McKinsey in Tanzania, between my first and second years at HBS, was absolutely life-changing. It’s where I met Rukia Hamisi, who became a good friend; and when she was diagnosed... View Details

26 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy

Internet is a relatively new phenomenon that is likely to continue to blaze a new trail in the online frontier. Smartphones, which were barely a blip in the earlier study, outsold personal computers in 2011, and yet in terms of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Publishing

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

Program that projects will be mission-critical and relatively discreet so that within a year you can make a meaningful difference,” Zeaske said. “They need to have a job for our grads that is going to move the needle.” He added, “Access... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

Web

The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

the face of great uncertainty and massively imperfect information. How does one, often with relatively little experience, develop and exercise the judgement to make these decisions? This course will lead a discussion around The Founder... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

12 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

process, with implications for the U.S. presidential election this November. Martha Lagace: What led you to think about accounting information as political currency? Karthik Ramanna: There is evidence in the academic literature that firms... View Details